Overview
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.
Created by: Alan Ball
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Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1: Pilot
Jun 03, 2001
Nate Fisher returns home for the holidays to the shattering news of his father's death.
Episode 2: The Will
Jun 10, 2001
After a pyramid scheme owner dies and leaves his wife and baby daughter with a load of debt, Nate offers to loan them a casket. Meanwhile, the Fisher ...
Episode 3: The Foot
Jun 17, 2001
When a bakery owner is killed, it's up to Federico to put the pieces back together. The family considers selling the funeral business altogether ...
Episode 4: Familia
Jun 24, 2001
After a gang member is killed, the Fishers find that his family's wishes for burial differ from those of his gang leader. Nate's girlfriend ...
Episode 5: An Open Book
Jul 01, 2001
Ruth is stunned by the visitors at a porn star's wake; Nate has a strange first meeting with Brenda's brother Billy; and Keith takes issue w...
Episode 6: The Room
Jul 08, 2001
An ornery widower camps out in the Fisher Funeral Home; sparks fly between Claire and Billy; Ruth spurns Hiram and is later wooed by a Russian florist...
Episode 7: Brotherhood
Jul 15, 2001
When a young Army vet dies of Gulf War Syndrome, his brother opts for a cremation and disposal of the body; Ruth has Hiram over to cook dinner and the...
Episode 8: Crossroads
Jul 22, 2001
In an effort to raise income, Nate and David decide to rent out a room in the funeral home; Claire struggles to grasp the lessons of her outreach hike...
Episode 9: Life's Too Short
Jul 29, 2001
A tragedy reunites Claire with a guy who sullied her reputation at school; David and his new boyfriend run into Keith and his new partner on the disco...
Episode 10: The New Person
Aug 05, 2001
Nate and David hire an outspoken mortician; Billy's photo gallery exhibit features one particularly surprising shot; and Claire frets over Gabe&#...
Episode 11: The Trip
Aug 12, 2001
Nate, David and Brenda take an interesting trip to Vegas for a funeral directors' conference; a baby's death from SIDS stuns the family; and...
Episode 12: A Private Life
Aug 19, 2001
A gay man's murder forces David to confont his own fears about his lifestyle; Brenda's parents and Nate consider getting help for the increa...
Episode 13: Knock, Knock
Aug 19, 2001
The Fisher family experiences the control-freak side of Tracy Montrose Blaire; Brenda visits a remorseful Billy; David faces problems at his church; G...
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